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Tag: civil rights movement

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

where am I in my learning journey?

Highlighting 5 areas of learning in my personal and professional life.

July 28, 2022 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

Does your nonprofit struggle with donation receipts and budgeting? The Civil Rights Movement did, too.

A deep dive on the finances of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1963, and what activists can do today to manage fundraising and accounting data.

June 12, 2022 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

volunteer management, civil rights style

A peak at several ways of organizing real data about volunteers in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement and how to embrace a civil-rights-movement-informed data culture in your work today!

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

We should thank our front line data entry staff. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did!

Who enters data? To what extent does their opinion matter? How often do we thank them? I look into these questions, and more, in this post about Dr. King's secretaries.

September 26, 2021 Samantha Shain Ethical Tech, Uncategorized

what about the master’s tools?

What role should technologists play in social movements? Let's check in with some movement all stars. Spoiler alert - it depends!

August 13, 2021 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

exposition on building a civil rights outcomes tracking database

Reading about the SCLC's impact in their voter registration efforts leads to a fantasy about how to build a database for civil rights metrics. Hats off to my personal hero, Jack O'Dell.

July 30, 2021 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

to bob moses, rest in power

Did you know that one of the Civil Rights Movement's most dynamic leaders was a mathematician? Read more in this post dedicated to Bob Moses z"l.

May 26, 2021August 29, 2021 Samantha Shain Ethical Tech, Salesforce

on jevons’ paradox

Do good databases save precious time? Let's see what 19th century British economists (and me) have to say about that! (Spoiler alert: the answer is no)

March 31, 2021January 20, 2022 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

did ella baker have a rolodex?

Ella Baker, brilliant organizer and relationship builder, must have kept a list of names and addresses - but exactly where and how are still a mystery. Musings on this and much more about Ella Baker's legacy (including some primary source documents!).

January 19, 2021February 1, 2021 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

clipboard + megaphone: a new perspective on dr. king’s legacy

5 lessons from Dr. King and his entourage on movement building through problem solving and behind-the-scenes system crafting.

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